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MRI-guided biopsies improving prostate cancer diagnosis

In a world first, an Australian clinical trial has shown that biopsy guided by MRI can significantly improve the diagnosis of life-threatening prostate cancer and reduce the over-diagnosis of non-life-threatening cases, thus avoiding the side effects of unnecessary treatment, reports [s]Medical News Today[/s]. The new system uses a method called multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI).

[link url=http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/274625.php]Full Medical News Today report[/link]
[link url=http://wesley.uchealth.com.au/world-first-prostate-cancer-mri-study]Wesley Hospital release[/link]

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